Blue Jays Minor League Recap: 2025 Draftees and Undrafted Free Agents Make Their Debuts

[Simon Li]

 

CURRENT W-L Records

• Buffalo Bisons: 40-60
• New Hampshire Fisher Cats: 40-57
• Vancouver Canadians: 52-44
• Dunedin Blue Jays: 46-47
• FCL Blue Jays: Season Complete 
• DSL Blue Jays Blue: 18-22
• DSL Blue Jays Red: 21-20

Transactions

• 07/30/25 - LHP Joe Mantiply assigned to Buffalo Bisons from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/30/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned RHP Lazaro Estrada to Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/30/25 - LHP Orlando Marcelin assigned to DSL Blue Jays Red.
• 07/30/25 - LHP Joe Mantiply assigned to Buffalo Bisons from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/30/25 - Vancouver Canadians activated RHP Yondrei Rojas from the 7-day injured list.
• 07/29/25 - Toronto Blue Jays recalled RHP Lazaro Estrada from Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/29/25 - C Robert Brooks assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
• 07/29/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned LHP Justin Bruihl to Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/29/25 - Toronto Blue Jays recalled LHP Easton Lucas from Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/29/25 - LHP Kendry Rojas assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
• 07/29/25 - Toronto Blue Jays optioned LHP Easton Lucas to Buffalo Bisons.
• 07/29/25 - OF Fabian Gonzalez assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red.
• 07/29/25 - OF Fabian Gonzalez assigned to DSL Blue Jays Blue from DSL Blue Jays Red.
• 07/29/25 - OF Austin Smith assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - SS Eric Snow assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays released SS Lizandro Rodriguez.
• 07/29/25 - RHP Danny Thompson Jr. assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - LHP Carson Myers assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays released CF Yhoangel Aponte.
• 07/29/25 - Dunedin Blue Jays transferred 3B Damiano Palmegiani to the Development List.
• 07/29/25 - OF Jake Casey assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - SS Jacob Lojewski assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - OF Matt Scannell assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - 2B Maddox Latta assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - C Jaxson West assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - C Maykel Minoso assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - LF Alexis Hernandez assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - OF Matt Scannell assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - 2B Maddox Latta assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - C Maykel Minoso assigned to FCL Blue Jays from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - C Jaxson West assigned to Dunedin Blue Jays from FCL Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats activated RHP Rafael Sanchez.
• 07/29/25 - LHP Kendry Rojas assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
• 07/29/25 - C Robert Brooks assigned to Buffalo Bisons from New Hampshire Fisher Cats.
• 07/29/25 - C Nicolas Deschamps assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.
• 07/29/25 - Vancouver Canadians activated LF Alexis Hernandez.
• 07/29/25 - Vancouver Canadians activated SS Jacob Lojewski.
• 07/29/25 - SS Jacob Lojewski assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - LF Alexis Hernandez assigned to Vancouver Canadians from Dunedin Blue Jays.
• 07/29/25 - C Nicolas Deschamps assigned to New Hampshire Fisher Cats from Vancouver Canadians.

Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo (1), Syracuse (0) - 7/29
Box Score

In the first game of the series on Tuesday between the Buffalo Bisons and the Syracuse Mets, hits were at a premium, as the game turned into a matchup of pitching from the start. Anders Tolhurst toed the rubber for the Bisons and was magnificent, continuing a recent stretch of good outings for him. He threw 5.1 innings, held Syracuse to three hits, zero runs, gave up two walks, and struck out four. He now has five straight games of surrendering two runs or less and throwing five innings or more. In the sixth inning, Orelvis Martinez got things started for Buffalo with a walk, his fourth walk of the game if you can believe that. Yohendrick Pinango moved Martinez to second base on an infield single, then Martinez scored when Christian Bethancourt put a ball in play that resulted in a fielding error. In the ninth, the Mets got a runner to second base, but he was caught stealing third to end the game. Buffalo won this game, 1-0. 

Orelvis Martinez- 0-0, 1 R, 0 RBI, 4 BB, 0 K

Anders Tolhurst- 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Buffalo (3), Syracuse (8) - 7/30

Box Score

Kendry Rojas took the mound Tuesday for the Buffalo Bisons, in what was his Triple-A debut. Some things went well and others not so much. In the second inning, the Mets first got to Rojas, after a walk, they hit two singles to bring in the game's first run. Then in the third, the Mets were swing-happy, as they got to Rojas again. A double, a single, and a groundout brought in a second run. A home run from Hayden Senger scored two, then another two-run homer, this time from Omar De Los Santos put the Mets up six. Rojas finished strong after that though, striking out four more batters once settling in. Orelvis Martinez took star prospect Nolan McLean deep to center field for a 426 FT solo shot in the fourth. In the fifth, Michael Stefanic drove in a run for Buffalo with a double. A throwing error on the catcher would bring the Mets lead back to five in the seventh inning. They would add another run on an error by the Buffalo first baseman in the eighth. Jonatan Clase would tack on a solo home run, but Buffalo would fall in this game, 8-3. 

Orelvis Martinez- 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HR

Bobby Milacki- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

New Hampshire (1), Chesapeake (6) - 7/29

Box Score

Tuesday was a rough day for New Hampshire, as they started a new series against the Chesapeake Baysox. The Baysox were the first on the scoreboard, getting a big two-run home run in the bottom of the second inning from Jalen Velasquez. In the bottom of the fourth, it was again Velasquez providing the big hit, getting an RBI double to center field this time. He then would score when the next batter, Jordyn Adams, singled to center. A couple of hitters later, TT Bowens added an RBI single to center as well. Chesapeake continued their offensive barrage with a solo home run by Aron Estrada in the bottom of the fifth, bringing their lead to 6-0. Alex Stone broke through New Hampshire's scoring cap to lead-off the sixth inning, hitting a home run himself. That's where things stood, when Ryan McCarty was called out on strikes in the ninth inning to end the game, New Hampshire fell to Chesapeake 6-1 in a big let down clunker. 

Alex Stone: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR

Justin Kelly: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

New Hampshire (7), Chesapeake (5) - 7/30

Box Score

New Hampshire sent Grant Rogers to the mound on Wednesday afternoon to try and keep his quality start run going and give their bats a chance to do some damage and pull out a win. Rogers was a little shaky in the bottom of the first inning, giving up a single to David Bañuelos and a two-run home run to Adam Retzbach. New Hampshire cut into the lead in the top of the second inning, with Devonte Brown's sixth home run of the season, a solo shot to left. Ryan McCarty tied the game up in the top of the third on his double to right, scoring Charles McAdoo. He would advance on the play to third base on a fielding error by Chesapeake's right fielder. Je'Von Ward then smacked a ball to left field for a sacrifice fly, giving the Fisher Cats a one-run lead. New Hampshire continued to expand their lead in the top of the fifth inning, when Nicolas Deschamps scored on a wild pitch and a Cade Doughty drove in Jackson Hornung on a single. In the bottom of the sixth, Douglas Hodo III made it a ball game again, with his two run home run off Rogers, thwarting his shot at another quality start. The Fisher Cats added some breathing room with Brown scoring on a balk in the seventh and another run on Doughty's sacrifice fly. Conor Larkin came into the game in the ninth and despite some traffic on the bases, was able to shut the door on a comeback and secure the 7-5 win for New Hampshire.

Devonte Brown: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR

Grant Rogers: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Vancouver Canadians

Vancouver (1), Tri-City (4) - 7/29

Box Score

The Canadians went to Tri-City to face off against the Dust Devils, and they started off strong with a solo homer from Cutter Coffey to give them a lead in the third inning. Fernando Perez also contributed with five scoreless innings with six strikeouts, but Irv Carter could not hold the lead in the sixth inning, giving up three solo homers. Jonathan Todd relieved him and gave him a solo shot himself, and the Canadians couldn’t score anything for a quick loss despite only giving up seven hits. 

Cutter Coffey - 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 1 2B

Coffey was the only contributor to the Canadians offense tonight, as he had the only run and RBI of the game for them on a solo homer. That was his 33rd extra base hit and he raised his wRC+ to 120 on the season. 

Fernando Perez - 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K

Perez has continued an excellent July, with his fourth start of the month with five strikeouts or more. He’s raised his season strikeout rate over 20% after being under it for most of the season. His FIP and ERA are in the mid threes as he’s reaching his career high in innings pitched. 

Vancouver (10), Tri-City (5) - 7/30

Box Score

The game started with great news for Arjun Nimmala, with Sean Keys at first and with two outs, the struggling shortstop hit his first homer since June 11th. Alexis Hernandez had his first and homer and hit for the Canadians with a two out homer of his own in the top of the second inning. Chris McElvain gave up the lead however, as an RBI single from Capri Ortiz, and a two-run double from Matt Coutney tied it up for the Dust Devils. The Canadians took the lead back in the fifth, Cutter Coffey continued hitting well with an RBI single to break the tie, and then Arjun Nimmala came up with the bases loaded and walked to score another run. Carter Cunningham did the same, and although Edward Duran hit into a double play, another run came into score giving the Canadians a comfy four-run lead. Alexis Hernandez hit his homer number two in the top of the sixth, adding one more to the lead, before Kai Peterson allowed a run to score after a Cutter Coffey throwing error. Carter Cunningham hit his 12th homer of the year to earn that run back, and then Arjun Nimmala had his fourth RBI of the night with a single in the top of the ninth, however he did get thrown out at second trying to advance. Austin Marozas, 26-year old righty who was signed out of independent ball got the last two innings for the Canadians, and he went two innings allowing one run as he helped secure the win. 

Alexis Hernandez - 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR

The former Boston Red Sox prospect was selected in the 2023 Rule 5 minor league portion of the draft, and has dealt with a lot of injuries with the Jays organization. But he’s now been healthy, and has rightfully earned a promotion to the Vancouver Canadians, in which he promptly had a two-homer game, continuing his power outburst that he had going in Dunedin. 

Chris McElvain - 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Dunedin Blue Jays 

Dunedin (7), Lakeland (0) - 7/29

Box Score

The Dunedin Blue Jays got a big influx of draft talent, with nine draftees from the 2025 class joining the team. 15th rounder Jake Casey got it going with his first professional hit with an RBI-triple to score Tucker Toman and Jean Joseph in the sixth inning. Matt Scannell’s first homer came on his second hit of the night to add another run, and then in the seventh inning he had an RBI-double to score another. JR Freethy and Brock Tibbitts both singled to score two more runs. Jay Schueler and Jack Eshelman have established themselves as some of the most reliable arms in the back of the Jays bullpen, as they earned the win and the save respectively on three and two-thirds no-hit innings. 

Matt Scannell - 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B, 1 HR

The 2025 undrafted free agent had a great professional debut, as he was the forefront of a strong offensive game for the D-Jays. A multi-hit night with a homer and a double is one way to establish yourself!

Silvano Hechavarria - 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K

The 22-year old Cuban has been excellent since coming over states-side, and his strikeout stuff was more prevalent in Low-A than the swing happy Florida Complex League. His season ERA is now 2.22 across both levels. 

Dunedin (11), Lakeland (18) - 7/30 - F/8

Box Score

The D-Jays took a while to get going, as Holden Wilkerson struggled mightily on the pitching end, giving up seven straight runs in four innings, and 2025 eight rounder Daniel Thompson Jr. gave up a homer to Sergio Tapia to make it eight straight for the Flying Tigers. However, in the fifth inning, things took a massive turn. Manuel Beltre hit a double to score newly signed Maddox Latta. A wild pitch scored 16th rounder Jaxson West, and then Manuel Beltres scored on a balk. Jake Casey, 15th rounder and son of Sean Casey, scored on a Kendry Chirinos single, and Latta came back up to the dish to score Chirinos and Tucker Toman. Manuel Beltre walked with the bases loaded to make it a one run game, and then Jake Casey took the lead on a 2-RBI single for a huge nine run inning. Nate LaRue came in and allowed two runs to score in the seventh to give up the lead again, before a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh evened the game up. However, Eminen Flores had a blow up inning in extras, as this was the first game of the double header, with the Flying Tigers scoring eight runs in the top of the inning. Eventually Manuel Beltre had to come in to pitch as Flores could not come out of the inning. Austin Smith got his first professional RBI in the bottom of the 11th, but that was obviously not enough as the D-Jays lost a barn burner.

Manuel Beltre - 3-5, 2 R, 3 H, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B

Dunedin (8), Lakeland (2) - 7/30 - F/7

Box Score

In the second game of a double header where the team combined for 29 runs in the first one, the D-Jays were able to settle down, with Juanmi Vazquez having a good start, allowing a single run on a Cristian Santana single in the first. Hayden Gilliland hit a sac fly to tie it up in the bottom of that inning, and Eric Snow got his first RBI with a groundout in the second. Manuel Beltre and Gilliland both hit a homer in the third inning, and Jake Casey and Eric Snow both had extra base hits to score three more runs. JR Freethy hit a sac fly to make it the fifth run scored for the D-Jays that inning. Abel Bastidas hit an RBI-single on Carson Myers in his first appearance for the Jays organization, but Bennett Flynn earned the save with three scoreless innings for a nice 8-2 win for the D-Jays. 

Hayden Gilliland - 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR

Juanmi Vazquez - 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K

Juanmi Vazquez had a career high seven strikeouts in his second start for Dunedin this season.

DSL Blue Jays Blue 
D-BJB (10), D-CAR (9) - 7/29
Box Score

It was a big day at the plate for the BJB bats against CAR. In the bottom of the second, J.T. Bain got BJB on the scoreboard with an RBI triple, scoring Esmeiquel Arrieche. Cristopher Polanco followed it up with an RBI single, getting Arrieche across the plate. After CAR scored two in the top of third to tie the game up, BJB had a monster fourth inning. Bain plated a run on a ground out to third. Polanco doubled home a run and then Rafael Flores singled him in. Juarlin Soto capped off the scoring with an RBI double, bringing the lead to 6-2. CAR had a big bottom half of the inning, scoring three and cutting the BJB lead down to one, the big hit being a two-RBI single from Jhonny Chaparro. In the fifth, Polanco had an RBI single and Angel Guzman knocked in two to make the lead 9-5. The next inning, BJB got a pivotal run added to their lead from Bain singling in Darwin Nuñez. In the top of ninth, with BJB only up three, CAR scored on a wild pitch, a groundout, and a bases-loaded walk. BJB escaped the jam by the skin of their teeth, getting a pop-up in the infield with only one out, then a strikeout of Yaxson Lucent ended the game and gave BJB the 10-9 win. 

Cristopher Polanco: 3-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 2B

Enyer Dominguez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

DSL Blue Jays Red
D-BJR (7), D-CUR (2)  - 7/29
Box Score

BJR took on CUR down in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday and the walks were coming in waves in this one. BJR scored three runs in the first inning to take an early lead. One scored on Randy Soto's ground out, another from Pascual Archila single, and a third on a wild pitch. Elaineiker Coronado and Kennew Blanco added RBI singles in the 2nd. Soto added another RBI single in the sixth and Nicolas Vergara capped off the scoring for the day with a ground out that scored Keegan Pieternella. Despite 10 walks in the game, BJR only won by a score of 7-2. 

Elaineiker Coronado: 1-1, 3 R, 1 RBI, 4 BB

Roberto Castellanos: 4 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

Toronto Blue Jays Minor League Players of the Day

• Pitcher of the Period: RHP Anders Tolhurst (Buffalo): 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
• Hitter of the Period: OF Alexis Hernandez (Vancouver): 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR

Prospect Summary (Last 2 Days)

Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Hitters
Rank	Player	Team	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS
1	Arjun Nimmala	Vancouver	9	1	2	0	0	1	4	1	2	0	0
2	JoJo Parker	N/A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Alan Roden	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Orelvis Martinez	Buffalo	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	0
11	Yohendrick Pinango	Buffalo	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
13	Josh Kasevich	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	RJ Schreck	Buffalo	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Victor Arias	New Hampshire	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
19	Jonatan Clase	Buffalo	8	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Pitchers
Rank	Player	Team	BF	G	GS	IP	H	HR	ER	BB	K
3	Trey Yesavage	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ricky Tiedemann	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Khal Stephen	New Hampshire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Johnny King	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Kendry Rojas	New Hampshire	25	1	1	5	10	2	6	2	6
8	Gage Stanifer	Vancouver	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Landen Maroudis	Dunedin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Juaron Watts-Brown	TRADED	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Jake Bloss	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Brandon Barriera	FCL Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Adam Macko	Buffalo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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